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Brain and Body Weights for 62 Species of Land Mammals
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<h3>Description</h3>


<p>A data frame with average brain and body weights for 62 species
of land mammals.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

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mammals
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<h3>Format</h3>



<dl>
<dt><code>body</code></dt><dd>
<p>body weight in kg.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>brain</code></dt><dd>
<p>brain weight in g.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>name</code></dt><dd>
<p>Common name of species.
(Rock hyrax-a = <EM>Heterohyrax brucci</EM>,
Rock hyrax-b = <EM>Procavia habessinic.</EM>.)
</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Weisberg, S. (1985)
<EM>Applied Linear Regression.</EM> 2nd edition. Wiley, pp. 144&ndash;5.
</p>
<p>Selected from:
Allison, T. and Cicchetti, D. V. (1976)
Sleep in mammals: ecological and constitutional correlates.
<EM>Science</EM> <B>194</B>, 732&ndash;734.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>


<p>Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (1999)
<EM>Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS.</EM> Third
Edition. Springer.
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